Cinderella manicure!

Good evening Ninjas!

Sorry I missed Wedesday, I had a party to go to and didn't have any time between work and fun time to stop to post. Sorry about that! If it makes it any better, I specifically brought my laptop to my babysitting job tonight to post once the kids were asleep just so I didn't miss two posts in one week!

Tonight's very pretty manicure is done with a base of China Glaze Fade into Hue which is an awesome periwinkle blue. For some reason the polishes from the Avant Garden collection have been bubbling on me so I added a coat of Essie As Gold as it Gets to mask the bubbling issue. To make this pretty blue manicure a little blingy, I added a spiral of light blue rhinestones that I received from MASH for review purposes. When I posted this look in a facebook group, some of the ladies commended on how it was a Cinderella blue manicure and I agree! With all the shine and sparkle it's pretty princess-y too :)

Rhinestones provided by MASH PR for honest review. Affiliate link included in this post.

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Sally Hansen Snow Blast over China Glaze First Mate

Cirque du Soleil

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I'm feeling a little off tonight so this is will be a post light on words.

This is two really irritating coats of Whirled Away from their by China Glaze Cirque du Soleil collection over two smooth coats of Essie Cocktail Bling. WA was difficult to apply, the clear suspension base was very prone to bubbling, and it was a pain to fish out the white hex glitter to make the black/white contrast happen on the nail. Also, I am more sure than ever that I hate bar glitter. Yuck!

This is Halloween day 22

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The grand opening of our new building for Jiu Jitsu is today! I'll be super busy at work so I decided to so this post the night before things went crazy. Hopefully everyone will have an awesome Monday!

This is a pretty neat manicure, I think. Three coats of Nina Pro Cobalt make up the base, I sponged China Glaze It's Alive on the nail tips, then I added one coat of an unnamed Pumpkinhead polish with holographic moons over top. I wanted the overall effect to look like the crescent moon rising over a green field. I think this turned out pretty well though my right hand came out a lot better than my left.

China Glaze Harvest Moon

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After some consideration on the matter and a little reality check, I've begun looking at applying to Graduate School. I'm hoping to find a program in Mass Communication or Advertising at one of the local Universities so I won't have to move to continue my schooling. This is sort of exciting for me, and I know my mother is thrilled because she wants me to get "A floppy hat". That's what she calls the different, non-cardboard hats that graduates wear to their commencement ceremonies. So, if anyone knows of a good Advertising/Mass Communication Grad school in NC, I'm all ears!

Today I've got swatches of China Glaze's Harvest Moon for you. Harvest Moon is the polish for District 9 in the Hunger Games which handles all of the grain. HM is a bronze metallic foil polish that looks amazing in the bottle and on the nail. However, in person, this color didn't suit me at all. I don't know that is shows in the pictures but this polish just didn't sit right with my pinkish/olive skin tone. Alas, it was really fun to wear and easy to apply in two thin coats.

China Glaze Agro

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Today I've got another Hunger Games polish from the Capitol Colors line for you. This is District 11's color, Agro. Appropriately named considering Dist. 11 is Agriculture. One of the most well known characters in the book, Rue, was from Dist. 11 and her district is one of the most outspoken against the government of Panem.

Agro is a gorgeous forest green with golden shimmer in it. The amount of gold in Agro makes it behave like a duochrome in some lighting. I adored this color, it went on fairly easily in two coats and had little to no tipwear when I was sporting a full manicure of it.

China Glaze Riveting

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Tonight I've got the highly prized Riveting from the Capitol Colors/Hunger Games collection. Riveting is District 3's polish. Dist. 3 is technology and while the name seems more like auto-shop, I think the color is appropriate when you think of red-hot wires in an overworked computer. This is a great bright orange jelly packed with matching glass flecks that was incredibly vibrant on the nail. I did three coats to cover all traces of VNL but those of you with less free nail edge could probably get away with two coats.

China Glaze Dress Me Up

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It's a beautiful day here in North Carolina and I've got a pretty neutral that goes well with warmer weather. When the Hunger Games movie came out, I thought I'd wear the polish from the district my Panem ID randomly assigned me. The district I got was 8, textiles. I've actually been wanting to wear this color for a while now but just had so many other colors to wear I kept forgetting!

Dress Me Up is appropriately named considering the nature of Dist 8 but I liked it better when the original name was Primrose after Kat's sister. Regardless, this is a very pretty dusty mauve/rose color that was actually much more flattering than I thought it would be for my skin tone. In the right lighting, this actually looked almost like mannequin hands on me which is wear because I have a very fair complexion. I guess I've got to look for neutrals with mauve undertones! Two coats for this very calming manicure.

China Glaze Fast Track

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Depending on your time zone, I could be a little early on this post or just on time but it's easier to remember to do it tonight instead of forgetting until late tomorrow night! So, tonight I've got China Glaze's Fast Track from their Hunger Games collection. Fast Track is named for District 6 which is Transportation. Not sure what the finish and color on this polish have to do with Transportation but it sure is pretty.

Many people have said that this is a very plain polish but I really loved it. Perhaps it was because I was in the mood for a little more neutral look or maybe I just love anything with a gold shimmer in it but this was something I thoroughly enjoyed wearing. Though this is a light colored polish, two easy coats was all it took to make a nice and opaque manicure. This isn't quite a mannequin color on me but in a few more months, this would look great with a slight tan! The shimmer really makes this pop and I love how it leans slightly green at the right angle.

After wearing this for two days, I found myself short on time to change my manicure so I just added a pretty shimmery blue-green crackle topcoat from Pure Ice. This is one coat of *Strike a Pose over Fast Track. I love how this neat color actually matched one of my Hello Kitty watchbands.

* Where noted, product was provided for unbiased review by Pure Ice PR.

China Glaze Stone Cold and Luxe & Lush

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Since yesterday's post wasn't really a post, I've got a picture heavy manicure for you today! This is the beautiful Stone Cold from the China Glaze Hunger Games Collection. While the technical name of the collection is Capitol Colors, everyone knows what you're talking about when you call it the Hunger Games Collection. I've seen the collection at Ulta and Hot Topic, I was slightly surprised to see it at HT but given the amount of HG merchandise they have, it isn't too out of character.

Stone Cold is District 2's color and is a matte that resembles asphalt. Since Dist. 2 is masonry, the color and finish are very fitting. Application was super easy on this despite the thick formula. As long as you know how to work with matte polish and can work quickly, this color requires little to no clean up. This is a nice dark grey with plenty of silver micro-glitter in it.  When you add a glossy topcoat,Stone Cold looks much darker, almost black at the base but the shimmer really pops. For the first couple of days. I wore this matte with a glossy accent nail.

After that, I added a coat of the mylar shards (They really don't look like flakes to me) topcoat from the same collection, Luxe & Lush. L&L is District 1's color/effect which is fitting since Dist.1 is luxuries. The combination of these two polishes was really pretty because of the combined shards and shimmer looks, not to mention the way the shards iridescence flashed in sunlight.

China Glaze Electrify

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Last night I graduated to my Yellow-Black belt in Ninjutstu! I did my nails to match my new belt and hope to have that post up on Saturday. Today I've got the much sought glitter from China Glaze's Hunger Games collection, Electrify. I ended up purchasing the entire HG collection because I read the trilogy of books in less than 48 hours. Loved the books, had to have the polish! Electrify ended up being the first polish I wore because I had my hubby pick a number between 1-12 and he picked 5 which is the district that produces Power. The matching polish for District 5 is Electrify, a gold glitter interspersed with lovely small red hex glitters. I applied this over my existing manicure of Dita but you couldn't see the base color at all after 2 coats of Electrify.

And a bonus picture of my whole set! It came with a display box too, I LOVE Effie's lashes.

Happy Blogiversary!

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Today is my one year blogiversary here at Lacquer Ninja. I haven't always been Lacquer Ninja, I started off as Lacquer Lover but that name ended up with multiple duplicates. Here I am now a year later and mannnny polishes richer. For this post, I've got a look and a manicure! This was done for Toxid Lotus' Hello Kitty makeup challenge. I love it! I used a ridiculous amount of pinks to make this super soft and feminine look and topped it off with my super cute HK hat! I can't honestly remember what order or combination of pinks I used but I can tell you that my nails are China Glaze Go Go Pink that came in their Breast Cancer awareness pack with a bottle of Seche Vite.

Duck Face!

Thoughtful Face!

This is my HK watch that my parents gave me for Xmas

Her bow matches my nails!!

There you have it. What do you think?

China Glaze Ruby Pumps and City Siren

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Sorry for not posting yesterday, it was my last day at my parents' house for the Holidays so we spent the day doing family things. Also,  I got a new laptop for Christmas so I've been busy transferring my pictures and other files over to this computer. Now that I'm mostly done, I should be able to resume regular posting once more :)

Tonight I've got two China Glaze polishes for your viewing pleasure. This is a base of two coats of City Siren from their fall collection. I really like this polish, I got it courtesy of my wonderful MIL from Sally where is was on clearance. This is a great deep berry color that would have been great by itself for a holiday manicure since it reminds me of poinsettias. I also got a very mini ChG bottle of Ruby Pumps which I'm sure they put out with the holiday season in mind. RP is a well known red glitter polish from their core line and a wonderfully vivid top coat when put over CS.

China Glaze Glittering Garland

Hello darling readers!

I noticed some blog have different names for their readers. Well I think we could be ninjas if you agree! So maybe it'll be, hello darling ninjas! Anyways, have you picked up on a trend in my recent China Glaze posts? They're all green! Today is no exception as I have for your viewing pleasure Glittering Garland from the Holiday 2011 collection. This is a gorgeous hunter green with a ton of light green glass fleck glitter. I couldn't stop looking at my nails when I was wearing this1 I wanted to go out and buy green tinsel to match my nails. Two super easy coats topped with Seche QD.